Call For Speakers!

Do you see the revolution taking place in public libraries? Are you helping change how we deliver information and services to patrons? Have you been pushing the field into the 21st Century? Have you been doing this all with limited funding? On April 13th, Urban Librarians Unite will be holding Library Revolution! our 6th Annual Urban Librarians Unite conference at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library.

For Library Revolution! we are looking for the librarians who starting a revolution in their library world. It’s been a year of insane upheaval, what changes have you made in your library? How have you responded to community needs, technological changes or even just something in your day to day work? How have you fomented revolution?

We are looking for twelve speakers – Four main auditorium sessions and eight smaller “Break-out” sessions. All sessions will be an hour and a half long and will focus on a Library Revolution. Examples of what we’ve done before can be found here. We are looking for topics about the Library Revolution including but not limited to:

Changing how the public view libraries and/or librarians

Reaching out to diverse communities and changing services

Impact of current events on library trends

Innovation and changes in roles, responsibilities, services and resources

Impact of technology

Leadership and leadership development

Leading through change

Diversity & inclusion

Career planning, professional development

Post-truth information literacy, and digital literacy

Civic engagement, partnerships, and community building

Librarians as knowledge gatekeepers, personal freedom, and privacy

Please submit your proposal via the attached form. We require a title and short description.

Proposals will be due December 28th. For questions please email us at urbanlibrariansunite@gmail.com